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Bulletins on special topics for farmers have been prepared though the Dairy Industry Drought Response group.
The bulletins cover technical, policy, people support or other topics, and have been sent directly to about 2,800 service providers who are working directly with farmers. These service providers include factory field staff, vets, nutrionists, farm consultants, financial consultants and rural counsellors.
Following is a summary of each bulletin and a link to it:
Estimating Stock Water Requirements for Dairy Cattle - This flier contains important information on how to calculate daily stock water requirements for dairy cattle and relate this to existing farm water storages or alternative water sources.
Canola hay and silage can be safely fed if you follow the simple precautions in the Feeding Canola Hay and Silage bulletin.
When the drought breaks, seasonal and split calving herds will recover faster if they have more cows due to calve early in the next calving period. The bulletin on Optimising Bull Management explains a low cost way to achieve this.
Consideration of mastitis and milk quality issues when cow parking is covered by this fact sheet from Countdown Downunder.
With many areas experiencing shortages of stock water, this bulletin covers issues relating to the supply of water and assistance measure currently available.
The bulletin covering the economics of feeding provides information on the likely milk response from different feed rations and encourages farmers to further assess their individual situations.
This file note can assist farmers who are looking at options to reduce their water consumption in the dairy.
This bulletin provides information on the suitability of feeds before committing them into the ration
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